If you would know what nobody knows, read what everybody reads just after one year afterwards.

Whateverfailures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies Ihave witnessed in private and public life have been the consequence of actionwithout thought.

DonÆt let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

Wisdom is what you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred totalk.

Whenevertwo people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he seeshimself, each man as the other sees him, and each man as he really is.

Manners make the fortune of the ambitious youth.

Anempty sack cannot stand up.

Thepessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees opportunityin every difficulty.

Aquarrel is like buttermilk: once it's out of the churn, the more you shakeit, the more sour it grows.

Duringthe Depression, or back when we were fighting Hitler, people didn't have timeto sue a company if the coffee was too hot. There were urgent, pressingproblems. If you think you have it tough, read history books.

Ifthere is any great secret of success in life, it lies in the ability to putyourself in the other person’s place and to see things from his point of view as well as your own.